SOLVAir® Marine

SOLVAir® Marine is a SOx scrubber system designed to comply with International Maritime Organization 2020 regulations and beyond. In addition, Solvair Marine removes 99% of particles, doesn’t release waste water back to the sea and can be installed without dry docking.

Thirty years ago Solvay has started to develop a process for flue gas treatment, which is today applied by more than 500 satisfied customers worldwide. In light of IMO regulations for the reduction of SOx emissions on ships, our team investigated how to adapt this well proven land solution to vessels. The first application will be a joint collaboration of Solvay, La Méridionale and Andritz.

Why switching to SOLVAir® Marine?

Be compliant with IMO 2020 regulations and beyond

SOLVAir® Marine solution neutralizes SOx and 99% of particles from your HFO fuel without releasing any effluent back in the sea or in the air. Moreover SOLVAir® Marine facilitates residues treatment on land.

The price gap between HFO and compliant fuel is steadily increasing. This leads us to believe that payback time for our SOLVAir® Marine scrubber system will be very interesting even for the most demanding ship owners.

Take care of your operators and facilitate their jobs

Sodium based, SOLVAir® Marine sorbents can be handled with ease thanks to their characteristic properties of being neutral, non corrosive, non-irritant and non-toxic.

Concentrate on your core business

Thanks to Solvay's global presence, we can provide logistical custom made solution worldwide. Moreover, our dry scrubber is a very simple system, consequently there is a low sensitivity of failure and lower maintenance cost.

A new hope for reducing pollutant emissions in the marine industry

In 2019, French ferry operator La Méridionale will be testing with Solvay an innovative solution to cut down air pollution from its ships.

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An innovative SOx and particulate filter system, a world first in the Maritime sector.

La Méridionale PR communication - October 2018

From April 2019, The SOLVair® Marine solution will be installed in the Piana, La Méridionale flagship. The trial campaign will concern one engine and will take place over 6 months.

A trial to limit environmental footprint

"This trial is part of our development strategy. After reducing our dockside emissions, we are undertaking research to limit emissions at sea. If results are conclusive, this process will go well beyond the regulatory requirements of MARPOL 2020 thanks to the elimination of 99% of fine particles in addition to sulphur oxides." Benoît Dehaye – Director General, October 2018